Ortiz, Buchholz help BoSox split DH with Angels

Jun 9, 2013 - 3:02 AM
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - David Ortiz hit a two-run home run and drove in
three runs as the Boston Red Sox took a 7-2 win over the LA Angels of Anaheim
to earn a split of a day/night doubleheader.

Dustin Pedroia went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored while Jonny Gomes
scored twice for the Red Sox, who snapped a nine-game losing streak to the
Angels.

Boston starter Clay Buchholz (9-0) pitched 6 2/3 innings and gave up just two
runs on six hits, but did leave the game in the seventh with a neck injury.

Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo each drove in a run for the Angels, who have lost
six of eight. C.J. Wilson (4-5) was tagged for four runs on eight hits with
three walks in just five innings of work.

In the earlier game on Saturday, Trout went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs
scored as the LA Angels of Anaheim took a 9-5 win.

In the nightcap, Shane Victorino, activated off the disabled list prior to the
game, led off the contest with a single and back-to-back doubles from Gomes
and Pedroia made it a 2-0 game.

In the second, Ortiz punched a one-run double to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.

The Angels got one back in the third as Hank Conger led off with a double,
moved to third on Erick Aybar's groundout and crossed the plate thanks to a
single from Trout to make it a 3-1 contest.

Boston, though, got the run back in the fifth thanks to an RBI single off the
bat of David Ross.

Josh Hamilton doubled to start the LA sixth and took third on a groundout from
Albert Pujols. Trumbo then lofted a sac fly to left to score Hamilton and make
it a 4-2 game.

The Red Sox again had an answer in the bottom of the sixth as Pedroia singled
home Jose Iglesias with two outs and Ortiz followed with his 12th homer of the
season for a 7-2 advantage.

Game Notes

Victorino had been out since May 20 with a strained left hamstring. To make
room on the roster, the team sent outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to Triple-A
Pawtucket ... Wilson has lost two straight starts and five of his last six
decisions ... The Angels stranded six men on base while Boston left 10.

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KingHockeyMan 9 - 0 for the BoSox's Bechholz! best in the MLB to date. He is so nasty this year. Lights out who ever he goes against so far. Some game day this year, he'll have a bad pitching day. Life is life. PEACE!